Prompt 3 &4

# 3 “Photography deals exquisitely with appearances, but nothing is what it appears to be.” ~Duane Michals. Do you agree or disagree with this quote? Why?

I agree.  Today with all the things people can do to edit their photos, you never know what actually took place.  You don't know if a person changed the colors or the brightness or contrast, or if they added or deleted a part of the image.  Photography can deal exquisitely with appearances because images appear a certain way, but the viewer has no way of knowing if this is a real image, or if it has been changed.  


# 4 “If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera.” ~Lewis Hine

Do you agree or disagree with this quote? Why? Describe situations when photographic images reveal “the story” (as compared to words). Describe situations when words reveal “the story” (as compared to images).

I agree to an extent. An image can tell a story in a way that words can't. But at the same time, words can tell a story in a way images can't because of people's minds and imaginations.  For instance, a person could be talking about a place they visited. By looking at an image, they can see exactly what the place looked like.  They can see that at that moment in time, who the people were around the place, and what they were doing. "I studied abroad and we went to Paris and saw the Eiffel Tower.  Here is a picture of the day we went so you can see what the weather was like, how many people were around, and what they were doing at the time the picture was taken." But if a person is talking about a place they visited and tell a story that goes along with their visit, a person can imagine what happened by using knowledge that they have about the place and knowledge in general. "I studied abroad and we went to a show that was part of the Fringe Festival in Scotland. The show was really funny because it involved 4 guys who were mostly talking about their lives and making jokes about things they had been through." I could tell some of the things that they had said, but I wouldn't be able to show someone with an image what all happened during the show.